The history of 1668 Distillery (a random corporation in Walosia)

Name: 1668 Distillery
Type: Privately held company, traded publicly on the stock marked.
Founded: City of Corzina, Palatine District, 1668
Founder: Leonidas Junius Augustin
Headquarter: Commune of Corzina, District of Palatine
Product: Whiskey
Known for: 1668 Premium Single Malt Whiskey
Number of employees: 4 737 employees
Profit last year: 181 million US dollars (2017)
Production output: 7 million cases (2017)
CEO or Chairman: Gaius Quintillus Bacabus
Subsidiary of (if any): Independent Distillery

History:
The Beginning:
The predecessor to what was to become 1668 Distillery was founded by Leonidas Junius Augustin in 1668 in rural Corzina. Prior to this, Leonidas lived with his father on a farm herding cattle and growing wheat. When his father became deadly ill and died in 1664, Leonidas was forced to sell the farm. With his money he ventured into the local community at Corzina in hopes of finding work. There he came into contact with an old salesman who was selling his local corner store. Leonidas purchased the store for 100 denaris and began renovating it. At the time it was common practice for local shops like these to brew their own alcohol, especially beer and whiskey. The corner store, which Leonidas renamed “Atticus” (in memory of his father), did not have the proper equipment to brew beer, just a set of old equipment used to distill whiskey. When Leonidas lived with his father they distilled their own whiskey in the basement of the farm. Leonidas revived his father’s recipe and started selling his own brand of whiskey.

The stores reputation quickly grew in popularity, mostly due to the unique whiskey sold. It did not take long before the store “Atticus” was known all over Palatine and travelers from all around the district ventured to the town of Corzina for a taste. Leonidas soon expanded the stores inventory and began hiring new staff. From 1668 to 1675, the number of staff working in the shop exceeded 45 people. Leonidas purchased the nearby stores and expanded the size of his operations. He also bought new equipment and by the end of the 1670s, they were able to produce 100 bottles a day. In 1681, Leonidas disbanded the general store and began focusing solely on producing whiskey. In addition, the company now began with producing multiple types of Whiskey, single malt, double malt, mixed malt etc. By the end of the century, the small distillery had grown exponentially, now with a staff of 100 people and with a daily sale of 200 bottles. When Leonidas died in 1701, he left the business to his son who would go on and expand the production to a nationwide focus.

The Expand:
Fabius Vibulanius Augustin expanded the production capacity of the distillery 400% and bought up several acres of land to expand the distillery. In the first half of the 18th century, the distillery began producing other types of alcoholic beverages as well as Whiskey. A fully functional brewery for beer, a distillery facility for Vodka and equipment for the production of wine was all installed in the Distillery. With this boom in production and amount of bottles sold each day, the Atticus Distillery began expanding their base to a national level. The first train transporting Atticus Whiskey arrived in Waldovia in late 1732 and the popularity increased throughout the decade. By the end of the 1730s, everyone in Walosia knew about the famous Whiskey from Atticus distillery and the total sale toppled 100 000 bottles in 1741.

The increase in sale revenue and production capacity resulted in yet another massive expansion of its production capacity. Fabius`s son, Martin bought a 1 square kilometer farm field and began construction of yet another division of Distillery equipment. The construction work was finalized in 1764. In the last half of the century, the brewery reached hegemony on spirits and Whiskey on the western half of the Walosian Island. By 1800s, the Atticus Distillery produced one million bottles of various alcoholic beverages and 200 000 barrels of beer every year.

Prohibition and later revival:
When the Senate passed the Prohibition of Alcohol and Narcotics Act in 1829, the entire industry of Atticus Brewery and its associates went into bankruptcy resulting in failing revenue and sales. The brewery building itself was abandoned and the remaining stockpile of alcoholic beverages was destroyed by Walosian police. Over 2 000 employees lost their jobs at the brewery and many of those remained unemployed for the rest of their lives, only doing black labor.

In 1901, when the Senate removed the previous legislation illegalizing alcohol and narcotics, a keen interest in the brewery increased. A businessman by the name of Gaius Hadrianus Fidenas came across the facility and found documents relating to the prior history of the brewery. Hadrianus had made his fortune in finances and marketing, but was a keen enthusiast of whiskey. He wanted to renovate the brewery to its former glory and invest in the brewery. He hired a construction crew and gathered some of the brightest minds in distillery to reopen the brewery. The construction began in 1902 and was finalized in 1904. The crew had restored all the previous equipment’s and renovated the entire brewery to its former image. While the crew renovated the executive office they came across a safe with the original recipe written down by Leonidas himself and a box of 24 Premium Whiskey´s bottled during the first 10 years of the brewery´s operation.

Hadrianus changed the name of the brewery to 1668 Distillery, a reference to the date of when Leonidas first began producing Whiskey. Production began almost instantly and the first batch of Whiskey left the brewery on September 8th 1904. This Whiskey was named “1668 Premium Single Malt” and was brewed after Leonidas´s original recipe. The revival was a huge hit with the locals in Corzina and the business bloomed. By using documents found in the brewery, they were able to produce all previously sold types of whiskey, but the “1668 Premium Single Malt” sold the best. By the end of the first decade, the reputation of the brewery´s revival had reached all corners of Walosia and Hadrianus began exporting nationwide. As time progressed, the brewery expanded its area of focus and product line, which also required additional construction and storage space. The final expansion to the brewery was finalized in 1978 and today, the area in which the brewery stands stretches for 3 square kilometers.

Today:
The 1668 Distillery is today the largest production of a single beverage in Walosia producing 7 million cases of Whiskey on an annual basis. The facility in Corzina is the sole producer of 1668 Whiskey and owns the rights to its production. All bottles of 1668 Whiskey is produced by the crew at Corzina and the bottles are handcrafted by certified glassmiths at the Distillery and every single bottle is quality tested and signed by one of the many quality testers in the Distillery. The Distillery is completely self-sufficient with its own power plant and transportation company. Today, the Distillery produces thirteen types of Whiskey´s, both single, double and mixed malt and different blends, but the most popular is the original “1668 Premium Single Malt”. 1668 is by many seen as a cultural symbol of Walosia and is often referred to as the number one spirit producer in Walosia.